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Donald Trump finds unlikely ally in plan to take back Panama Canal

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    42% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -62% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : What To KnowOn Saturday, Trump described the Panama Canal as a "complete rip-off" and demanded that Panama, which has controlled the waterway since 1999, lower tariffs on U.S. ships passing through the canal.
35% : The political commentator said that Trump was right on the issue and said that her support for his rhetoric was "personal" due to her father, John McCain, being born in the region.
32% : Trump also threatened that "we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question," if his demands were not met.
27% : What People Are SayingMeghan McCain said on X (formerly Twitter): "Trump is right about the Panama Canal.
13% : Why It MattersMeghan McCain has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump, refusing to vote for him in the 2024 election despite her Republican background.
12% : This is reflective of her father's relationship with Trump, as John McCain frequently frustrated Trump's legislative agenda while serving as a Senator for Arizona.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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